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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
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Also Known As monolith • standing stone

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Malta: Ħaġar Qim temple complex
County Clare
La Roche aux Fées
menhir
Avebury
Standing Stone, Carnac, France
La Roche aux Fées
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Stonehenge
Stonehenge
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